georgedvs@cox.net

Vice President

Frank Holman 480-994-4590

frankholman@earthlink.net

Treasurer

Ed Sullivan 480-854-9216

edsullivan9@cox.net

Secretary/Refreshments Chairman

Diane Rencenberger

Membership / Events / Travel Chairman

Diane Bennett 480-994-5243

AzBennett3@cox.net

Volunteer Chairman

Jerry Nelson 480-946-5975

Past President

Al Stimac 480-218-7199

Stimac@cox.net

Historian

Ed Gammill

602-840-7101

edgammill@aol.com

Editor

Stu Mitnik 480-897-1629

s.mitnik@worldnet.att.net

Web Master

Mike Peterson

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Photographer

Volker Otto 480-816-9184

George Davis, President, welcomed members and guests to the meeting on May 2, 2007. Bob Davenport led the Pledge of Allegiance.

The current Club board stood for re-election at the April 4 meeting and were re-elected to fulfill the 2^nd year of their 2 year term. Early next year we will be looking for candidates for offices listed at the left. Please think about the op-portunity and consider serving your fellow club members.

The Club issues new membership rosters each year. We would like to remind you to properly destroy (shred) old rosters. This information is provided for the sole use of our members so that they may stay in touch with good friends. We do not wish this information to fall into the hands of solicitation organizations or worse.

Honeywell Scholarships have been awarded this year to:

· ASU Jeffery W. Jarvie grandson of Connie L. Spruce retired from Allied Aerospace Phoenix

· NAU Rebecca Troxler, granddaughter of Jesse B Lee retired from Allied Signal Aerospace

· UofA Travis Rippstein, grandson of Barbara Rippstein retired from Honeywell Product Support

Congratulations to the recipients and their families

Larry Wallace spoke from the podium about Al Obis.

Our featured speaker was Richard "Dick" Ingelido. He related to us details about both his personal experiences in life and his professional experiences as a Garrett field service engineer in Viet Nam. He strongly recommends, based on his experience, that everyone write their personal memoirs, if for no other reason than to explain who they truly are to their descendants.

Our featured speaker at the Sept 5 meeting will be Al Finkelstein. His discussion topic will be "General Mike Hua and ITEC". Taiwanese General Mike Hua, former U-2 pilot and an Engineering PhD from Purdue, was their leader in Garrett/ Taiwan joint venture called "International Turbine Engine Corporation (ITEC)". Also, Amy Kobeta from Children’s Action Alliance will personally thank the retirees for their kind donation to her cause.

50/50 winners were Jim Stone and Sam Hitaguchi.

This month’s charity donations were given to Arizona Science Center and the Children’s Action Alliance.

Thank yous were received from United Food Bank and DOAR Beatitudes Center.

Reminder - we no longer charge dues for the spouse of couples who are both retirees from AiResearch/ Garrett/ AlliedSignal/ Honeywell.

We are looking for volunteers to bring some of our non-driving West Side members to and from the meetings. If you are willing to help, please contact Al.

Our monthly meetings are held at the Scottsdale Senior Center, 1700 N. Granite Reef, (just north of Mc-Dowell). The meetings are held on the first Wednesday of every month, Septem-ber - May, except for December – our Holiday Luncheon. We have a social hour beginning at 1:00 pm, the presentation starts at 2:00 pm and adjournment is at 3:00 pm.

A board meeting is held prior to the regular meeting and all members are invited to attend. We welcome any input you may have and please send the editor any items that may be of interest to our members.

HELP EACH OTHER

If you need some assistance, e-mail s.mitnik@worldnet.att. net with your need and contact information.

AiResearch/Garrett Historical Information - Ed Gammill, Historian, reports that the Historical Collection received photos, Milestones, AiReporters and other memorabilia from Thermon Williams, Quality Engineer who worked in Bayard Kulb's Quality Control Department. Ed’s contact info is on page 1.

The Club periodically receives information about employment opportunities that may be of interest to our members. We will be posting these on the website and will put notices in the newsletter when new op-portunities become available.

NEWS YOU CAN USE

ARE YOU APPROACHING AGE 70 ½? DO YOU HAVE A SECURED BENEFIT AC-COUNT? If so, you need to contact Honeywell to determine your options for the distribution of these funds. Remember, the Secured Benefit Account is ‘qualified’ money (i.e. you never paid taxes on that money) and the law requires distribution from qual-ified accounts upon reaching age 70 ½.

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The Garrett Corporation, some time ago, established a $5,000 death benefit/Life Insurance for each of its employees. The intent was to make it easier for the family to pay burial costs.

It is still in effect today but it in-cludes an option which you might find attractive: $4,500 of the $5,000 may be used to pay for Medical Expenses. The balance of $500, or whatever is left, will be paid at time of the employee death.

Although the death benefit is in effect for all, the 4500 Plan is available only to those of us who retired prior to 1 Jan. 1996. To confirm that you are eligible, you may:

· Contact Honeywell Advocates - 623-582-4022

· Visit the website www.Honeywell.com/retiree (prior registration/ password required)

· Contact Honeywell Retirement Service Center - 800-526-0744 (if you do not have a password, dial *0 to speak to a representative)

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The Oak Street Gleaners are looking for a few more volunteers. They perform their service activity on the last Wednesday of every month. Contact Al Stimac for more info.

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Honeywell Health and Wellness Center memberships are available for retirees and their spouses at just $10 per month per person. Get together with some of your buddies! Call them! Phoenix 602-231-7920, Tempe 480-592-1389. Wellness Center info is also post-ed on our website.

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The Honeywell Volunteer Work-sheet is available on our website. However we have found that it contains an out-of-date mailing address. We are correcting the website info. If you sent in the form this year and it did not have a Palo Verde address, please down-load a new copy of the form and resubmit. We apologize for this oversight

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2007 Activity Calendar Honeywell Retirees of Arizona (Honeywell North):

· Sep 17 Diamondbacks vs. Giants

· Oct 24 Oktoberfest (Tentative Date)

· Nov 26 Fall Golf Outing

· Dec TBD KAET Telethon

· Dec 7 Christmas Dinner and Dance

More info at WWW.HRCAZ. ORG

Other Stuff

A PRAYER....

Dear Lord;

I pray for Wisdom to understand my man; Love to forgive him; And Patience for his moods.

Because, Lord, if I pray for Strength, I'll beat him to death.

In Memory of our departed friends

and co-workers

EVERETT BATEMAN

JAMES BEEMILLER

ROLAND BOUCHER

DAVID BROWN

CHARLES BROWN

EDWARD CHAMBERS

R. CHANDLER

SILAS DAMON

MAE ELIZABETH DAVIS

ROGER DERUDDER

RICHARD EDWARDS

RALPH FIGUEROA

R. FILLMAN

AVORY GAUGER

FRANKLIN GIBSON

M. GIERTZ

FRANK GELDERT

GARY HOEFFLER

(GARRETT SALES)

LOUIS GUZOWER

ROBERT GRANADOS

W. GILBERT GROSS

REECE HILDRETH

WARREN HOLST

JOHN IANNONE

WILLIE JACKSON JR.

RUSSELL JACOBSEN

KAREN KENDALL

HERBERT KING

KEN KNOX

C. KRAUSE

JACK LANNINGS

DONALD LEE

ROBERT LENTS

DON MALOHN

SELMA MARKS JR

M. MCINTYRE

W. L. MITCHELL

WILMA NEMECEK

AL OBIS

W. PRYCHODNIK

P. NAHRGANG RASH

GERALD SCOFIELD

WALLY SILBERSCHLAG

HOWARD SNIDER

DONALD SPEARS JR

DAVID SWAYZEE

HOMER THOMAS

PATRICIA WAGGONER

CARL WARFEL

B. DOROTHEA WILLIAMSON

ARTHUR WINKLER

ROBERT WOODY

FRANK WYNN

JOSEPH ZUNDEL

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These are from a book called Disorder in the American Courts, and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters who had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place.

ATTORNEY: How old is your son, the one living with you?

WITNESS: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can't remember which.

ATTORNEY: How long has he lived with you?

WITNESS: Forty-five years.

ATTORNEY: What was the first thing your husband said to you that morning?

WITNESS: He said, "Where am I, Cathy?"

ATTORNEY: And why did that upset you?

WITNESS: My name is Susan.

ATTORNEY: Do you know if your daughter has ever been involved in voodoo?

WITNESS: We both do.

ATTORNEY: Voodoo?

WITNESS: We do.

ATTORNEY: You do?

WITNESS: Yes, voodoo.

ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning?

WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam?

ATTORNEY: The youngest son, the twenty-year-old, how old is he?

WITNESS: Uh, he's twenty-one.

ATTORNEY: Were you present when your picture was taken?

WITNESS: Would you repeat the question?

ATTORNEY: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?

WITNESS: Yes.

ATTORNEY: And what were you doing at that time?

WITNESS: Uh....

ATTORNEY: She had three children, right?

WITNESS: Yes.

ATTORNEY: How many were boys?

WITNESS: None.

ATTORNEY: Were there any girls?

ATTORNEY: How was your first marriage terminated?

WITNESS: By death.

ATTORNEY: And by whose death was it terminated?

ATTORNEY: Can you describe the individual?

WITNESS: He was about medium height and had a beard.

ATTORNEY: Was this a male or a female?

ATTORNEY: Is your appear-ance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?

WITNESS: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.

ATTORNEY: Doctor, how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead people?

WITNESS: All my autopsies are performed on dead people.

ATTORNEY: ALL your re-sponses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to?

WITNESS: Oral.